This past weekend, my friends (Hayley and Hannah) and I took a weekend trip to Berlin! It was our first trip by ourselves and I think it went pretty darn awesome. :) We flew into Berlin Thursday night and then took the bus and underground metro from the airport to our hostel. Thank the lord there was a man who spoke English on the bus with us that could tell we were struggling. Our hostel just so happened to be by the bar that he was going to so he took us to our...

On Saturday a couple of us walked to a baroque style church that we had heard about. From the outside, it looks like a normal old church (still a gorgous old building) but we went inside and my jaw dropped. It was so beautiful and every square inch of it had amazing art work/architecture/design on it. The church is called Basilica de nuestra senora de las Angustias and holds mass every weekend. It was an awesome thing to see, just another secret beauty in Granada...

Last night, some of us went to our first Flamenco show since we have been in Granada. IT WAS AWESOME! Flamenco originated in the Andulucia region (Southern Spain) so it is extremely popular here and the shows are spectacular. Lots of the museums have information on the history of Flamenco also. The show was in a building that was sort of like a cave and was a smaller atmosphere. It made it much more enjoyable because it was so authentic and we were able to tell ...

This past weekend, some of the people in my group and I visited the cities of Toledo and Madrid, Spain. I had a blast and loved both of the cities! In Toledo, we toured the 11th largest cathedral in the world and visited a jewelry/sword factory where we got to see earings and swords being made right in front of us. Then we went to a look out point over the town of Toledo and the river. It was extremely gorgeous and I think I took 1000000 pictures. :) In Madrid,...

For the past week I have been walking around Granada every chance I can get. My friends and I are finding more and more restaurants, bars, and gorgeous places that we like. We took another walk through the Albaicin without our program director on Saturday. It was so lively, there were lots of Gypsies hangning out and a band playing that I actually really liked. The narrow streets with shops were bustling with people. Today, Hannah and Janessa and I went to El Mus...